Puzzle

Abstract

In order to provide a puzzle that allows young children to enjoy puzzle games easily and pleasantly, a puzzle 1 has a housing main body 10 and a puzzle shaft 40 provided in the housing main body 10 . The puzzle shaft 40 includes a shaft and a piece 30 . The shaft is provided with rotation of the shaft centers fixed. A plurality of pieces that is rotatably provided around the shaft center of the shaft along a shaft center direction of the shaft via the shaft and a ratchet mechanism, and puzzle patterns are provided to outer periphery of the shaft around the shaft center. The ratchet mechanism is made up of ratchet teeth formed on the outer periphery of the shaft and a ratchet pawl provided to the piece via an elastic portion.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A puzzle comprising:
 a housing main body; 
 three puzzle shafts secured relative to the housing main body, wherein each of the three puzzle shafts is fixed so as not to rotate around a shaft center thereof, 
 a plurality of pieces rotatably mounted on each of the three puzzle shafts so as to rotate around the shaft center, wherein puzzle patterns are provided on an outer periphery of each of the plurality of pieces, wherein each of the plurality of pieces includes a ratchet pawl; and 
 a ratchet mechanism configured with ratchet teeth formed on an outer periphery of each of the three puzzle shafts, wherein the ratchet pawl on each of the plurality of pieces is elastically configured to engage the ratchet teeth, 
 wherein the housing main body has two moving member main bodies disposed alongside the shafts used as right and left grip parts which are connected respectively to each of two outer puzzle shafts of the three puzzle shafts so as to move the two outer puzzle shafts in an outer direction orthogonal to a longitudinal extent of the three puzzle shafts, 
 wherein each of the two moving member main bodies is formed substantially with a shell shape, has a back face side that is hollow, and a front face side with finger-hooking recesses.